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If you are a medical professional in Frederick County, we need your help
Dear Frederick County Medical Professional: Working in coordination with the Frederick County Health Department, Frederick County Public Schools, and Frederick Memorial Hospital, The Frederick Center, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) providing resources to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) and Ally community of central Maryland, is initiating a brief survey to document the comfort and confidence that medical community in Frederick County has in treating LGBT patients. Pasted below is a letter from Dr. Barbara Brookmyer of the Frederick County Health Department on the importance of this effort to enhance medical outcomes for the LGBT community in Frederick. Survey responses are anonymous, with additional details at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FrederickHealthcareIndex. Understanding schedules are busy and summer is upon us, our goal is to collect as many responses from the Frederick County medical community as possible over the next three months. Take the survey In addition to taking the survey, we invite you to share this information and link with other medical professionals in your practice and contact network. On this, we will be using several sources to contact the medical community as well as asking members of The Frederick Center to invite their medical providers to participate. As a result, you may receive more than one request. We ask that each professional only complete the survey once and apologies in advance for any repeated requests. Thank you, Peter Brehm pbrehm@thefrederickcenter.org Kate Ericksen kericksen@thefrderickcenter.org |
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2018 Frederick Pride will be 6/23/2018
Remains on Carroll Creek. More details as event nears. https://www.facebook.com/events/1169613259838608 |
safeTalk Suicide Awareness Training 9/23
$10, registration required, includes lunch and snack https://www.facebook.com/events/1551982981524750 Glade United Church of Christ and The Frederick Center, Inc. will sponsor a suicide awareness workshop on September 23, 2017 from 9:00 am-12:30 pm at Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ located at 15 W. Church St., Frederick, MD 21701 in downtown Frederick. Registrants will be advised of the meeting room in the church facility closer to the date. The training will be presented by LivingWorks, a national organization recognized by the Mental Health Association of Frederick County that is a leader in suicide intervention training. The program, safeTALK, focuses on alertness training and is geared toward participants aged 16 and older. Its premise is that most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with physical and/or emotional pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite those with whom they interact to provide help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers can recognize these invitations and take action by connecting these individuals with life-saving intervention resources. Training features: Presentations and guidance from a LivingWorks registered trainer Access to support from a local community resource person Powerful audiovisual learning aids Review of simple yet effective TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, and Keep Safe Hands-on skills practice and development Please fill out below application and mail it to Glade United Church of Christ, 21 Fulton St., Walkersville, MD 21793, Attn: safeTALK, with your $10 reservation fee. Please make checks payable to : Glade United Church of Christ and indicate safeTALK in the memo line. There is space for 30 participants and we will fill those spaces on a first come, first served basis. Any remaining spaces will be advertised on the Mental Health Association website starting in mid-August. Registrants must be 16 or older. Snack and lunch will be served. Please mail this application and a check for $10.00 to*: Glade United Church of Christ ATTN: safeTALK 21 Fulton Avenue Walkersville, MD 21793 (please note that the class is not at this address) Make checks payable to : Glade United Church of Christ and indicate safeTALK in the memo line. NAME: ___________________________ PHONE: _______________ E-MAIL: _________________________ ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ I am 16 years old or older (please check) * Applications will be honored in the order they are received (with fee included). |
TransFamily meetings will be at library for July & August, 10:15am
For July and August only, TransFamily will be meeting at the C. Burr Arts downtown Frederick County Library. July 15, July 29, August 12 (no meeting August 26). Summer time hours of 10:15-11:45am. Starting Sept 9 we return to every other Saturday from 9:00-10:30 am in
the downtown Frederick YMCA Activity Room, 1000 N. Market St.,
Frederick. 7/15 in Children's Activity RoomJULY & AUGUST 10:15-11:45am: C. Burr Artz Public Library 7/29 & 8/12 in CBA Trust Conference Room 110 East Patrick Street Frederick, MD 21701 A free, biweekly support group for parents and guardians of transgender, non-binary, and other gender-diverse young people. A nonjudgmental space for learning how to strengthen family relationships, navigate gender transition, and support your gender-diverse loved one. No registration required. Join anytime. For more info, email group facilitator Kate MacShane, M.Ed., MSW at TransFamily@thefrederickcenter.org |
CLOSED: Survey about Frederick Pride
Community input is important to keep Frederick Pride improving. 6 questions. SORRY, THE TIME FOR RESPONSE HAS ENDED. THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT GAVE ORGANIZERS SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR 2018! |
June is full of Pride events!
JUNE |
SOLD OUT-Frederick Pride Booth Deadline 5/31/2017
$150 booth spaces available till 5/31, last call. Market your company, sell merchandise, or collect leads. Expecting up to 6,000 attendees for 2017, with stages at each end of Carroll Creek Park generating constant foot traffic throughout the park. Online booth/sponsorship forms hereAll non-profit table space has been filled, sorry. |
Welcoming Frederick 4/29 at FCC, Early Bird Tickets ending soon
Made Possible by: The Frederick CenterLaw Office of Cristine Evans LoVetro LLC Ec'clectibles, LLC Tobacco Free Frederick (Frederick County Health Department) Glade United Church of Christ Curious Iguana Bookstore http://www.thefrederickcenter.org/welcoming-frederick |
New group for Young Adults (ages 18-26), 1st Tuesdays
Good conversation and great company! We will be meeting 7-8:30pm, the first Tuesday of every month in the upstairs lounge of Grace UCC (not a church group), 25 E 2nd St, Frederick. Coffee and tea provided. Enter via sidewalk down left side of church to white doors. For LGBTQ aged 18-26 only. Free, just drop in. Community members have spoken, we have listened. Come make your new group a success. |
2017 Frederick Pride forms for businesses, sponsors, and non-profits
Booth space is $150 for 10'x10', non-profits not selling anything can rent shaded table space for $15. Sponsor benefits vary by level but may include hanging company banners, company name on event banners, web ads, and social media call outs. Also soliciting items for our silent auction earlier in the week, which gives exposure on social media as well as at the event. Finally, businesses may participate in our free Buy-Pride program which offers attendees of Frederick Pride a discount at your business establishment when they show the free bracelet they receive the day of Pride. Questions: pride@thefrederickcenter.org https://www.facebook.com/events/1232769686815865/ |
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